A Humble Suggestion: Do Not Try To Trade Your Baby For A Dodge Intrepid

We realize times are tough, but you should not trade your baby for a used Dodge Intrepid. From Fox Colorado:

Police Sergeant Brett Wilson says the department was notified of the alleged baby swap yesterday morning. Within hours, they had mother Nicole Uribe behind bars and the baby safely placed with a foster home.

Wilson says Uribe traded her son to 47-year-old Jose-Juan Lerma and his 27-year-old wife, Irene, for a used Dodge Intrepid.

We know we don’t recommend Payday lenders, but uh, they are better than baby selling. There’s a reason Carmax doesn’t accept toddlers.—MEGHANN MARCO

No, seriously. You don’t want your child. Someone else *does* want your child, sufficiently to be willing to pay. Someone able to pay for your child presumably is going to be better able to care for said child, so the child is likely to benefit…

I can think of a few reasons it’s illegal. I mean you have no idea what the new parents plan to do with the kid.

I think it’s more concern for the child’s welfare then anything. Since even if this was an innocent deal, who would oversee this? Next you’ll have parents selling their kids off to who knows who for who knows what reason. And no way to track the kids either.

@Charles Duffy: It is illegal because those who want a child, but can’t have one, need to go through rigorous background checks to determine if they are fit to take care of a child. The mother in this case, on the other hand, only needed to be able to spread her legs long enough to let natures wonder take place, in order to qualify as an acceptable parent for this baby.

She should be fixed and never allowed to have another child again. Some mistakes don’t deserver even a second chance.

So based on the comprehensive information from that article, we’ve decided that they’re guilty?

The woman was staying with the accused couple. They either lent or gave her some money, including money for a down payment on a car, and they went to a notary public where they signed what they believed was a legal agreement for the couple to take custody of the baby. According to the man accused of buying the baby, they didn’t even plan for it to be permanent custody. He says he was just trying to help a friend get back on her feet.

So the story is that they bought a baby (or traded a car for a baby), then thoroughly documented their dastardly crime and had the document notarized?

Ahh another good reason why people shouldnt be able to have kids without being able to prove they can support them. You have to have a lic. to drive but any dumbass can pop out a few welfare babies…pathetic.

@dwayne_dibbly:
What is with the current flood of anti-Dodge, pro-Toyota sentiment on this blog lately?

Too many years of buying into corporate import dealer popaganda I guess. I feel sorry for the domestic dealers in the US if this is indicative of the public at large; and according to the latest earnings reports, it is.

@onrampofframp: Well, okay, how about a Caddy? It’s a baby, for heaven’s sake..it’s worth more than a Dodge Intrepid or any number of mediocre American-made sedans.

I’m not necessarily anti-Dodge, or pro-Toyota. But, that said, as soon as Ford, Chevy, or Dodge can build a reasonably sized car that’s incredibly reliable, holds it’s resale value, gets decent gas mileage and runs for 200,000+ plus miles, and isn’t ugly and has a halfway decent interior that doesn’t look like it’s made out of Legos, I’ll surely buy one. Until American car makers figure those things out, I’m not buying one.

And just so you don’t think I’m totally biased against American makes, my 1991 Escort (with Mazda power-train) was a lot more reliable than my 2004 Volvo (although not nearly as fun to drive). If there’s anything worse than an American car that’s in the shop all the time, it’s a Swedish one.

@onrampofframp: It’s not just propaganda. IN GENERAL, similar costing foreign cars are more reliable and maintain higher resale values over time than their American counterparts. In fact I have a relative who works for GM who says that GM makes a huge deal of money in their maintenance. In their current financial structure, GM at least, would go out of business if they made their cars too sturdy.